String Serenade in E played by BBC Scottish Orchestra
Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conductor, Guy Warrack
Dvorak's Serenade in E for strings is an early work, written in 1875 when the composer was a poor musician playing in the orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague,' conducted by Smetana, and giving lessons to supplement his income. The Serenade is in five movements which include a waltz, a lively scherzo, and a brilliant finale of a Slavonic character.